Literature DB >> 11672533

Sleeping with the enemy--endogenous superantigens in humans.

D N Posnett1, A A Yarilina.   

Abstract

We usually think of superantigens (SAg) as dangerous toxins that may cause toxic shock syndrome and death. Now, based on two papers in this issue of Immunity, it seems that we all have SAg genes within us, lying dormant and waiting to be activated under special circumstances.

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Year:  2001        PMID: 11672533     DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(01)00211-4

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Immunity        ISSN: 1074-7613            Impact factor:   31.745


  4 in total

1.  Presence of mouse mammary tumor virus specifically alters the body odor of mice.

Authors:  Kunio Yamazaki; Edward A Boyse; Judith Bard; Maryanne Curran; David Kim; Susan R Ross; Gary K Beauchamp
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  2002-04-02       Impact factor: 11.205

2.  IL-21-driven neoplasms in SJL mice mimic some key features of human angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.

Authors:  Shweta Jain; Jing Chen; Alina Nicolae; Hongsheng Wang; Dong-Mi Shin; Elisabeth B Adkins; Thomas J Sproule; Caroline M Leeth; Tomomi Sakai; Alexander L Kovalchuk; Mark Raffeld; Jerrold M Ward; Jerold E Rehg; Thomas A Waldmann; Elaine S Jaffe; Derry C Roopenian; Herbert C Morse
Journal:  Am J Pathol       Date:  2015-09-09       Impact factor: 4.307

Review 3.  Human endogenous retroviruses (HERV) and non-HERV viruses incorporated into the human genome and their role in the development of autoimmune diseases.

Authors:  Iván Posso-Osorio; Gabriel J Tobón; Carlos A Cañas
Journal:  J Transl Autoimmun       Date:  2021-12-09

4.  Superantigens and SARS-CoV-2.

Authors:  Adam Hamdy; Anthony Leonardi
Journal:  Pathogens       Date:  2022-03-23
  4 in total

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